Princeton golfer injured in cart crash on Montgomery course

MONTGOMERY -- A elderly golfer from Princeton suffered serious injuries after a golf cart accident at Bedens Brook Country Club in Montgomery, police said today.

Robert Baldwin, 89, of Princeton, was pinned beneath a golf cart at the base of an embankment alongside Bedens Brook, which runs through the course.

Police said the cart’s passenger Chris Montgomery, 48, of Pennsylvania, said the two had crossed a small bridge near the No. 3 green when the wheel of the Yamaha electric golf cart caught a dip in the embankment.

Montgomery, who was ejected without injury from the cart, said the vehicle - with Baldwin still inside - rolled several times down the 20-foot slope before coming to a stop in a ravine.

Police said Baldwin was conscious, but suffered head trauma and lacerations to his neck.

Police and other golfers moved the cart off of Baldwin and performed first aid until emergency services arrived to remove him from the ravine.

Baldwin was flown to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.